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Clb asd. Democratic Association
fKraltccl at libera! CaU rates.
GAZETTE BOOK ASD JOB OFFICE.
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ear JOB Ofncxsc4 we are no Ftr'Vi-ni-every
Variety of OnuuoUlBoAwl- -.
Otrr roTer Pren ku been erected and ""OT
opersUea.
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wn expeta.
JOB BINDERY
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BLAHS BOOK KAHOFAGTORY
&?l2Khc(WJeul.tefJ toeta. Cert
-ESwcrl)oeitu to have them made rich) htr. to
StaT aiprlees bzi very little above Uc ot Kc TcrU
LAWTERS' CAKDS.
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ATKIAN UEXJA3IIX -AIT0T1A.
o UariJSrta lh Cooru of the "" J.fui?.Utrit
a me Hipreac mi i ra w- .
atLit Edin-
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tntraitedto Uja. f5ii " -
B" titliCK OT.C. F. Attorney and CounKllor
'at Lau BrtchnTexi I practice ia the Court!
of the TMrd JndJeUtDUtrictta Fayette arid Atatln eonn-
tlet and to the Espreme and Federal Coarti at AmUn.
.r txjxstx- f- eciLT.
TBLdCKEK A: CBULT-ArrowtiTS it Liw
llS 'Waco McLennan County. Will practice In the
coontlei of McLennan Fall Llmeitone Frewtone and
nm. ?Mt
BATTLE N. V. ATTOJorw Law Waco
JfcLennan county Texat VtVX practle In the
Court of the 8d judicial dUlrlct and In the fiuprene Court
at AmUn. MS-y
to. n. sissrrr mrasot "Ararrr.
BAbSETT & BASSETT-ATTOMtTB asd Cow-
SZUiOat at law Brenham Wathtogton county
Texas will rire their attention toprofeitional buitoeM In
the DUtrict Court of the third Judicial DUtrict etobrae-
toz thecountleiof tTaihlnfton Burlewu Mlum McLen-
nan Bell and Williamson and In the frt'".' of
Waibbttcnand Burlewn. deaaM-y
tBD WOT. Attoroey-at-Law Amtln Texas.
0TemberXUJSW. ."
CCKnorrS CIIAU LES-Arroasrf at Law
I Land and General Agent-AttiUn Texas.
828-ly
B USlNltLL AUCMlKAIjU u.-att0w
j ua Oocxhxldx-at-Law Austin City Texas.
Anrf! 5 IRTiS Tj36 TOl. 6
S.T.CBAxaxaux '.'" llTTJ
A IIA3inEltI.IN & FLINT- ATToaxrrs-AT.
J Law Belton Bell county. Texas. '-r .
COOI.EY A. O. ATTlMOtST-AT-LAW AKD UCTCSAl.
Lao AarjtT Fredcrlcksburf Texas
Bebrences 1 on. Wm. E. Jones Comal county; MaJ.
' U.EnUne C4-.V J John hls I. M. Lewis San An-
fftnlft? H. IJ. - fc UU. X ICUCIKMUtU K I jmv. .
ton. Eegnin.-
4-10
COKE UICIaAnD.-ATTOtaiTAXDCorssiaxoa-at-Law.
Waco McLennan county Texas. 8-8
g (UOCKETT J. M.Attorney-at-Law Dallas
w Texas. T
iAKtstjcntos j. r. rxToa.
t EKISON A: PRVOU Attobstt and Conssx-
6 J ixa at U w Ean Antonio Texas. Will practice In
the District Courts of Bexar Medina Gillespie Comal
Guadalupe Caldwell and Don tales counties and In the
Fderaland Supreme Cnurts at Austin.
J5T" Office on Post Office street opposite the store
Grcf tfreecx French. lii!l
j. !. PO.AST 1SZ?JX"
Bl it ANT &. AVOOD ATToaicrTB and Cocrstt
tots at Ut Centerrllle Leon County. Will prac-
tice to all the Counties of the thirteenth Judicial District
and in the counties of Houston and Anderson.
Sntmber.lstlS65. nS-TT-ly
ESTEEE WTO II. Attqbxxt axd corsinuja-at-Law
flenderson Rusk county Texas. Will
practice In the District Courts or the Sixth Judicial Dis-
trict and a portion or the firth; also in the Supreme and
Federal Courts at Tyler Undlridcd attention will be
Siren to all builneu confided to his care. Prrtlcular at-
tention to the collection of claims and the prompt smlt-
tance of moneys reflected to the proper parties. He will
act as ajent for the purchase and also of land and will
InTeitirate land titles upon reasonable terras.
iLfnrrh. 19B. -3
-jrjl VAN S A. J. Attdmit-at-Law Waco McLen-
JCi xan county Texas. Will practice to the counties
of McLennan Limestone Freestone Falls Milam and
BelL and In the Supreme Court of the State. Prompt
attention riven to theseeurinsTlidandpenecungcon-
troTenea ananainu .uji4td. ..-.
July ISM.
3-45
SOSIAB nSC .J.n.i-a.
FIKTC At HO WE IIS ATTOXSBTand COCSSttLOSS
LaV. "SttoTex S1YI11 practice in the 2nd
Judicial District and adjolnlnE eounUes and in the Su-
preme and Federal courts at Austin. They will also act
as GeneralLand Ajents. Office oa Congress Avenue 2nd
door south of the Treasury. Jan. 19 '54. S8-ly
41 KEEN J OHK A. & n.-ATrourrrs ahoOocs-
fhff m2Jjos-at-Law Austin Texas. Will practice In
the second Judicial District and adjoining counties; also in
the Sspreme and Federal courts at Austin. 3-8
jona k. noraros n. x. biamoib.
TarODSTON A; BHADFOBU ATrojarw-AT
Km. Law and GeneralLand Agents Belton.Bell county
Txas . Will practice In the Courts of McLennan Bell
Milam Bosque Oonyelland Williamson. Promptattentlon
plren all business placed to his hands. l
.rowl. BOWASB iOKS A. TOCOX.
MOW AKD Az WILCOX Attoxkxts and Cora-
ix)ujes at Law Ean Anto nlo Texas. 5-85
JOM llAXCOCX C.S.WBT.
rOTANCOCK Ai WEST Attokcts at Uw.
'MjL Austin Texas.
Office cp stairs abore the rost Office In HancocV ew
Brick BaUdlng.
AciUnFebrnary.23JlS35. (nSLSm)
O.TJAN JOHN P. ATTOEStr axd Oocxssllo
AT Law. Eprlncfleld. Limestone county Texas.
March 8. 1556-nS9-tf 
trONE-S JOISN B. A: G. A.-Attorneys and
J Counsellors at law Galveston Texas 111 attend to
any business In the Fed-ra! Courts of Texas the Supreme
Court at Galveston or in the Counties of the First and
Seventh Districts. Particular attention pivedto the In-
Testlgatlan of Land titles. Dec 8d ISM. n!5:ly
lTARiriON. W It ATWaxar-AT-LAW LaQrange
ftB Texas Win attend to the collection of claims In-
Tritltallng land titles 4e and nil other business con-
Betted with his profession to Western Texas.
KoTtabcrlT pd n!8 ly
iTONES W. MESS ATTnrr aso Coc5snxo-
J at-Law Notary Pot-Kc and Geneial CoUectlng
Agent Helena Texas. W-T
AXiU.UTTU SCf . H. DAVt?.
E -E WIS A; DAVIS Attorneys and Counsellors at
JLi Law Brccham. Texas. . June 80 1E55. tf n45ro!6
hTAWKESCE A: BUOWNKIGG Attox-
$J XtTSATLAWASDQsxauLActsTS Will practice In
all the Courts of the Sixth Judicial DUtrict in the Su-
preme Court and to the Federal Courts at Austin and
Galveston. They will pay particular attention to the
locating and patenting of land payment of taxes and to
theexamInatiosoftItlestoUndetc All business placed
in their hands will be promptly attended to and alt mon-
ty eoBreted punetcally paid over. 3y June IT ISM
McGtNKIK C C. A; A.  Attoxsktb aso
Oa?xxcas-x-LAir. BHtrop Battrop county
'Texas. -l
MclANIEtr W. s?. ArroBsxTAXDCocxstnoa
at Law Livtarton Polk co Texas will practice
In the Courts of the Seventh Judicial District and the
Supreme Court at Galveston and will pay strict attention
to U business relative loLacd; also to the collection of
all classes of debt against thu late Republic or Texas
and against todlylduala. ralTnSO
KTEWTOJf S. T ATroasKt and Corxsrujoa at
PI LAW-Aastto Texas. Will practice to the 2d Sd
and th Judicial Districts and la the Supreme and Tederat
'Courts at Austin. OSce at Ms residence near the South
Xast comer of the new Capitol Seft 15 pivT
TUTOW IN J. W. Attomxt and Cocssxucs at
Law Waco Texas.
T.'s-cuaiix A.Tf.Tnisni j cw.urrc
OL AKI TEnitEI.L A: WHITE.-At-rcaxrrs
at Law Austin. Texas win practice la the
Second and Third Judicial Districts and In the Supreme
and Federal Courts at Austin. n2
P'
ENDLETON FRANK Atkwxxt axd Cncx-
EaLD8-iT-LAW ucuton ueu county mu. -x
PERKINS HENRY E. ArroicstT asd Corx-
mui at Law Hous-on Harris county Texas
tern tirnrticr in the counties of Harris. Montgomery.
Primes. Jegeqwa and Liberty. Match T.3S3A. psy
ITSOSEY K. T. Atto-uest-AT-Law Hamilton Bur-
MZ M county Texas WOl practice to the courts of
DuiueU and surrounding counties and will also attend to
the puTthaze and sale ot land the fartsUiation asd pcr-
ectlns; cf and titles etc i
PO AGE 3 ABIES A. Attmsxtakd Cootmix-
ATLAW.S&strap. Bastrop county Texas.
XarchlS53. -fcS3
CKAS i. T. KUCE EOBT. S. rOXTXX.
PRICE & PORTER Attoixxts and Cocxsn.
vrau-AT-LAWLolurtTtxas 25:r
LA-fASCSUl. CXO.W.TAacBAL....wTZKS.A.8raTaUxe.
wrjASJJMA .! a: z.K.Kxa;(; ArrosjftTs at
JE Law win attend the. Courts at San Antonio and
Assttstbe xarrotcdlnc counties end the Supreme and
FedertlcoarUatAnsUnanaOaJreston. Address
GEO. W. PASCHAL Atullit Texas.
TASCHAt A 6TSIEUKG San Antonio Tex.
Austin August S5.1SS5. hl-Ti-ly.
mriTiWTT tmsnn - cssAxcr.
BOUEHS A: 3EABCEV Axroxxm am
Cosisiuxaa-AT-LAW Washington Texas. Wffl
-prxctk to the Eeprcme Court of the State asd the Courts
of the Thtrt JuaicitlDhtrict. -3S
AYMN. ?T. CristvesstlstJLVVznxt.a
uTteff in- (SBStat of At otfctr iBsalsrs. f lTtra
Iros tie fem of EaorA rtesisn A Co U cow rcerorrd
1 . ...T-Tnrf mfo-irci rrilftvTftfiirrrii ITtirrrm TT'FirfUV-ffifi
ejee8sc2tteiras&mef tfcehqs&eatcf that firm.
fosSctKliaccjatecfeR tftki tU itrit'iteoAtedent tn.Ot
Skits. Tfceafefclest attention wSbeftreclo the macaje-
aeslasd cetOesest of feuiw.
(xjFrrs!siuttA4d7rtiaviyisi2disgt
rJgAlaiMB.S0Teslxr8.1g5- .
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KEEB. JLLEXASBER TTvrtteaET.AT-
XCKXiSBlSSa
YOL. VII.
LAWYERS' CARDS.
 W.SCZLXTT............................ J. r. SSAL
2UI1XETT AND NEAE Arroasrrs ax Cccx
3 EiiXDts at Law City of Austin Texas.
SMITH JAOTES W. ATToasxr-AT-Uw Austin
Texas. Office on Congress Avenue opposite the
""'7 ircpanmcnt.
4-S1
X.O.SBUXZT W. It. B. CABUXCTOX.
S1
UKLLEY A; CAKRlXT't. -ArrcajrEr at
law. Austin. Texas Wu. a ten. o an ounness
entrusted to them to all the coantles ot Western Texas
and In the Supreme and Federal Courts l Austin.
CESE3AL LAID ACEXCT.
Special attention riven to the lnvetlpC on of titles to
land baying and selling land paying taxes fornon-rel-dents
and the prosecution of claims for neadright and
bounty land.
IUrrjtEicis: S. F. Bice Chief Justice of Alabama ;
Baker Lawler A Co.. Mobile Ala.; John T. Morgan Eq.
Selma All.; John T. Hardle A Co. New Orleans; Bucb-
annon Carroll t Co. New Orleans; Cozart Humphries
k BiDnpi Columbus Mlsp.; G. P. Cozart Washington
Gs.; Benj. Whltlock New York; North Sherman A Co.
NewTork; J. B. Frotbingham New York.
Feb 24 n27
TAFCVER. K. E. Attoxsst asd Corasnxon at
Law tTashlngton Washington county Texas. 5-21
WHITE XV. S. Attoexet axd Cotxsexlok-at-Liwand
General Land Agept Belton Texas.
Will practice in the various Courts of Washington Burle-
son Milam McLennan Bell and Williamson counties and
In the Supreme and Federal Courts at Austin. Prompt
attention given to the collection of claims and the perfect-
ing of LarrdTitleslnanypartofTexas. 44t
WABDILL R. E. Attorney-at-Law McKin-
ney. Collin county Texas.
May 27. ISM. 5-W
A. Y. FOWIXIl
ATTORSEY-AT-LAW Fobt-Woctb. Tarrant county
Texas.
Befers to any business treat ea-ar n Austin Texas;
Hon. Isaac Parker Birdrille fev i ; Col. M. T. Johnson
Johnson's Station Texas; J. . I.aUtne. t-tq.. Uallas
Texs. n25-
LAND AGENTS.
Jt. A. BLACE.
LAND AND GENERAL AGENT
AU8TIN TEXAS.
November IT n!8 ly
TRAVELLING LAND AGENCY. L. P.
BUCKER. of Washington Tens ofiers to locate.
surrey and procure patents for one tM-dof the land or
13 j -2 cents per acre on all claim lest than 1230 acres or
icr ten certs per acre on larger anounts.
He will also buy or sell lauds ir the Unro Brazos and
Northwestern portions of the autc giving '-he strictest
personal examination in an cz. c. iitrer or the purchase
or sale of lands.
As he has funds placed at his disposal to Invest in lands
all persons wishing to sell would do well to ferward to him
a description of the locality of their lands and also when
practicable fix a minimum price ot. them otherwise he
could not feel authorized to become the purchaser even
as agent.
A thorough and intimate knowledge of the country and
a personal experience to the business for the last eighteen
years must insure superior locations and safe Investments
for ail those who may favor him with their bus lness.
Any business designed for htm may iu his absence be
placed in the hands of Hon. B. E. Tarver. or Washington ;
J. D. GIddlnes of Brenham; Wm. II. King or Houston ;
L.Southwick or Galveston; A. J. Compton or Austin; or
lion. u. c train oi t nco.
Washington Nov. 20th 1S55. Decl n!5 ly
GREAT
LAND SPECULATIONS
IN
IOWA.
VERY TALTJABLE LANDS TO BE LOCATED.
IWODLD very respectfully inform the citizens or the City
or Austin and vicinltj that I purpose starting on a
tour through lews to locate land In the month or March
next. Having had considerable experience in the land
locating business both In Texas and to the northwestern
States I reel prepared In saying that I can male choice se-
lections of land for those who will favor me by giving me
their United States bounty land warrants for location.
Iowa contains a large amount of vacant lands subject to
location and which cannot be surpassed for fertility beau-
ty and health in the world. Water timber coal anu Iron
ore or an excellent quality aro found allovcrtheStn'e in
great abundance. I will locate warrants for the very low
compensation of one firth of the land only and pay all ex-
penses ; will warrant the best selections or no pay and on
such lands as will be to three years worth from five to twen-
ty dollars an acre owing to the very rapid advancement
or public Improvements. My brother residing in Iowa and
beingengaged in the land business and consequently being
well acquainted with tbelands in the entire State will give
me very superior advantages in making the best locations
that can be desired. Can refer to Hon. John Marshall
of State Gazette Hon. E. A. Palmer Han. 0. S.West Hon.
M. Busby or State Legislature; J. It. Henry and W. W.
Oliver Esqrs Springfield ; Hon. U. J. Jewttt Centcrville ;
B. and D. G. Mills Galveston
Address me at Fort Dcs Moines City Iowa.
Teb 9 n25 Cm WM. B. OKESOX.
f AND AGENCY GAY HILL WASH-
JLi INGTON COUNTY. The subscriber having been
engaged for the past ten years In locating and surveying
lands to Texas and in investigating and perfecting land
titles now takes this method of offering his services t"the
public In that capacity. He will locate and survey lands
perfect titles and secure patents pay taxes and redeem
lands Ac. on as reasonable terms as any other person in
the Slate andpromises that all business entrusted to him
shall ke falthlully and correctly attended to.
He has just returned from a three months tour of land
locating and will soon start on another trip and being in
possession of the Information of valuable unlocated lands
where he expects to locate such claims as may be placed in
his hands ; an opportunity seldom equalled is now offered
to those holdiuc unlocated claims to secure good lands.
He proposes to locate on the following terms :
One-third or the land and deliver the patent.
For S20 acres G5
For 610 acres J 100
All claims over W0 will locale pay all expenses and
deliver Datent for 12 cts per acre.
lie prefers to take a portion of the land for his locating
fees. Postoffice address Gay Hill Washington courify
Texas. F. A. THOMSON.
Btrcatscxs Stephen Crosby J H Raymond J. B.
Shaw. Rev. E. Fantaln. Gov. E. M. Pease. Mai. J. W. Hamp
ton Austin; E. B. Niohols U. B. Martin Gall Borden
Jr. Galveston; E. W. Taylor Shepherd A Burke Wm. M.
Rice Houston ; James O. Wilson Matagorda ; Dowsing &
Young New Orleans; MaJ. Dowsing Columbus Missis-
sippi; John Fountaine Columbus Georgia. Address F.
A. Thomson at Gay Hill Washington county or Austin
Texas. 21v
g ENERAL LAND OFFICE AUSTIN
lUT DECEMBER 29 1S53. Notice is hereby given to
persons having business in this office that from and after
the 1st day or January next it will only be open for the
accommodation of those wishing to make examinations
between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 12 M. It having;
become necessary in order to bring up the unfinished bu-
siness that the employees or the Department should
have uninterrupted acettt to the books cf the same du-
ring the balance of the day to the examination and pre-
paration of claims for patenting.
20 tf S. CROSBY Com'r.
GENERAL AGENCY.
JOHKMALLQY begs to Inform the citizens or San An-
tonio and the surrounding district as well as those
at a distance who have business In Western Texas that
he has eommenceda General Agency business to the above
city and will give his personal attention to the collection
and settling or claims and to all other business that may
be entrusted to him.
BxrxExscES. "E. Jones A Co. Merchants ; Paschall A
Strlbling Attorneys; Groesbeeck A French Merchants
Hewitt & Newton. Attorneys; Vance A Brother Mer-
chants: Denlson & Tunstall. Attorneys. no3Slyr.
MBS D. K'LEOn 3. 8. M'DOSAtD
iTioLEOD A: Mcdonald 
AUCTIONEERS LAND & GENERAL. AG'TS.
XTILLattend to all business entrusted to tneir care on
VV reasonable terras. Office on East side orMainPUza.
Nov. 11th. ISSt nl2:ly
T AND AGENCY. McKEAN A McMAHON
Li Lockhart Texas have entered into partnership
for the purpose u( buying selling and locating lands and
acting ax general lanagents. An experience of twenty
ytars In the above business combined wUh an intimate
knowedge of th lands In the countiy ana an extensive
acquaintance with its inhabitants secure advantages to
w aoove nrm which are possessed by few In the same line
of business.
Mferences Hon. A. J. Hamilton Austin; Judge Han-
Antonio.
San
March 4. 1S53.
4-29
LAND AGENCY.
..fIna Agent Surveyor etc will at-
tonarSWTittecn1urTtrlnBUn1n the Den-
TTas!afdSS5nRL0? P"fne land titles to
promptattendedto. AddrezsBirdvarranTcK
MRDICAL CARDS.
DR. J. ar. L1TTEN wm continue to nractFr.
his proresslon as hitherto. Office oa ConcrcasAv
enue opposite to Mr. Swcnsoa'a Store. K Ay'
Austin Sep. etn.i- bj..
DBS. LANE d: STEE LE At the efflce former"
ly occupied by Dr. Lane. June 9. 1S55. 4fcy 4.
DR. W. C Mil LIPS Late or MlssouiC
Tender bis professional services to the citizen.
of Austin and vicinity. OSes in the old Treasury
balldlnc residence on corner of Hickory and Guada
lupe streets. oiry aiarcnsi.'Sl
MA. TAYLOR 3T. D.. Respectfully Informs
tbsdtixzni cf Austin and its vicinity that he is
Fenaasenily located for the practice of hls.prcfajion to its
various branches vis: Medicine Obstetrics' and Surgery.
Ofice and residesee 03 Pine street adjoining Courthouse
Sonar. February 18 lSK. T-27sly.
J.T. StrriTftT. II. H A..lCTTJt..
DOCTBRS ALEXANDER tc I.OTT Of-
eceadjoteinsihePostOfflre. Dr. Alexander1 resi-
deace at the M" Arthur hocre. Dr. Lett's residence as here-
tofore. Amtia Jan.ll. 21
JCTRK AV-B- SCTX
jTTAS.TARE AKiWncttcntai .econd'floor. in.the
iOr bcHdlns tetoajtoj to Go.Glcock;a the.Avtsce
opposite -the iseesilve'Oaseerfor'tbVpraetie of the
ktveral branches of Mculctse. .Be can be faend at his
eSet at Eight r during the day.
AtaUa Ajrtt 13Sfs$i-lsi
1  iwiigr - -; -j " t tvst- (- 5f  jrr--f . -. .. '" "' V.JJ.. '-ST --... . . - - r. . --
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT AUSTIN
LEGAL NOTICES.
In Travis County District Court Epring Term A. D 1S56.
Tlic State of Texas 1
I No. 925.
TZAVIS lCXTT.
77e State of Texan to Vie Sherifp TYatU co.. Greeting :
VYTHEREAS Edward B. Cobb and Susan E. Luckett have
V filed In the Diitrict Court of our said county their
petition against the unknown heirs of H. R. A. Wlgginton
in which they aver the toss of the assignment of said Wig-
glnton of his headright certificate number sixty-seven of
the first class Issued by the Board of Land Commissioners
cf Travis county and that they are the owners of said cer-
tificate and the duplicate Land Office certificate issue in
lieu thereof being No. 8957-4053 and tney pray to establish
said lost assignment and affidavit having been made as by
law required
These are therefore to command you that you summon
the said unknown heirs successors nnd legal representa-
tives of the said II. R. A. 'Wlgginton to appear at the next
term or our District Court to be begun and held at the
Court house thereof In the City o! Austin on the tenth
Monday after the first Monday in April A. B. 1S56 then
and there to answer said petition of whicli the foregoing U
a brief statement. Which summons you will execute by
publishing this notice in the Texas State Gazette a news-
paper published In said county far eight successive weeks
previous to the return day of this process.
Herein rail not but due return make or this writ as the
law prescribes under the pains and penalties.
 -'  In testimony whereol I hereunto place my
J L. S. official signature and attach the impress of the
 ' seal of our said Court this the 15th April IS56.
FRANK BROWN
Clerk D.C.T.C.
Come to hand the same day issued and ordered to be
published in the Texas State Gazette a newspaper pub-
lished in Travis county and city of Austin for eight weeks
successively previous to the return day or this writ.
April 15th 1S50. JOHN T. PRICE
Ap. 19-n35-Sw Shff. Travis Co.
In Travis County District Curt Epring Term A. D. 1S56
Coustt or Tbavis. f
Collins A Swisher )
vs. y
Heirs r J. M. Miller. J
The State cf Textit to the Sherlfoftaid County Greeting:
WHEREAS Thomas C. Collins and James Monroe
Swisher under their firm name or Collins A Swisher
have this day filed in the office or the Clerk or the Diitrict
Court or Travis county a petition against the unknown
heirs or James SI. Miller deceased in which they allege
among other things that in the year lS53there were Issued
to the heirs or the said Miller three Land Certificates to wit:
one county land warrant for 1920 acres issued lOtli Sep-
tember 1S53; one donation warrant for C10 acres issued
10th September 1553; one-third or a league head -right
claim issued 1st October 1653 No 8049-3151. Said cer-
tificates were issued at the instance and request or P. B.
Calhoun azent for the administrator or said Miller then
in New Orleans Louisiana where said estate was admin-
istered; that said Calhoun delivered said certificates to
petitioners for location petitioners then being In that busi-
ness with the agreement on theirpart to locate survey and
pay expenses and have them patented for which said
services petitioners were to receive at Austin Texas
$250.00 the said Calhoun having fall power to make said
contract ; petitioners allege that they located.and surveyed
said certificates had them returned to the General Land
Office paid all expenses incident thereto and in all re-
spects complied wiih said contract that said laads have
btcn patented to the heirs of said Miller with the excep-
tion of the donation warrant the patent on which is de-
layed because the same has not been approved by the War
Department; that it was no part of their contract to have
said warrant approved the same being In all other respects
ready to be patented. Petitioners set out the restriction
of said locations which they allege to be valuable. Peti
tioners farther allege that parties defendant and said ad-
ministrator and agent have neglected and refused to pay
them said two hundred and fifty dollars; that the same 1
due and unpaid ; that said heirs are unknown to them and
that they believe them to be non-residents of Texas. Peti-
tioners pray ror proor on publication ; Tor Judgment for twn
hundred and fifty dollars and costs of suit and for such
other relief as may seem proper to the court.
And affidavit having been made by plaintiffs' attorney
W. L. Chalmers ns by law required.
These are therefore to command you to cite the un-
known heirs and legal representatives of the said James M.
Miller deceased by publication of this writ for eight suc-
cessive weeVs prior to the return day hereor to be and
appear at the next Term or the District Court or Travl
county to be held at the court house thereor in the city or
Austin on the tenth Monday after the first Monday 'n
April A. D. 1S56 then and there to answer plaintiffs' peti-
tion of which the foregoing is a brief statement.
Herein fail not but due return and service make nnder
the pains and penalties of the statute in such case made
and provided.
. --  Witness Frank Brown Clerk of our said DIs-
! L. S. Vtrict Court with the impress or the seal thereor
'  attached at Austin April IS 1S50
FRANK I1R0WN
Clerk D. C. T. C.
Come to hand April IStb 1556 and ordered to be pub-
lished in the Texas. State Grzette a newspaper published in
Travis county Texas for eight successive weeks prior to the
return day hereor.
JOmf T. PRICE
Sheriff TratU County
Austin April 19th 1S56. noSSSw.
NOTICE.
THIS Is to forewarn all persons against trading for the
one-half of the undivided interest in the Head Right
of Jonathan Scott formerly of DeWittcounty of this State
said headright Is for three-fourths of a league and one labor
was issued In Jackson county January 19 1833 No. 17 and
now surveyed in Limestone county by the undersigned
under date 23d November 1S54. I hold in said survey
said undivided half interest conveyed to me under the
bond or the said Jonathan Scott dated 20th October 1S49.
I understand that said Jonathan Scott has appointed as hi
agent in reference to this certificate J. Douglas Brown of
Austin. All parties will take notice In the purchase or said
certificate that I hold the ald undivided half interest.
THOS. T. BAILEY.
Springfield Texas April S 1S56. .
NOTICE.
To D. O. irir)t iion resident and to all oOiers to whom
it may concern :
NOTICE Is hereby given that a certain instrument of
writing purporting to be a deed was executed by
Thos. T. Bailev of Limestone county on the 20th Janu-
ary 1S53 conveying to Rusk Nalley or said county and
Joseph J. Turnham or Milam county all the right and title
or said ualley to a hair league and whole laoor oi ianu uie
head right or William Sheppard ; since located in Bosqun
county. Said certificate was a duplicate of the original
Issued in San Augustine county No. 23. And whereas
the parties to whom the said Bailey made the foregoing
conveyance totally failed to perform the obllrations entered
into by them; and we hereby give notice to the aforesaid
parties and to D. O. Warren non resident and to all others
who may claim any Interest in the above that we shall con-
test their right to the same; and we now forewarn all pur-
chasers not to trade ror or buy the said certificate.
WATT ANDBRSON
T. T. BAILEY.
Springfield TexasAprll 5 lS5C-nS3-lm
Tito State of Texas 1
MlLAJC COCXTT. f
The Slaleof Texas to the Sheriff oZTdam co. Greeting.
WHEREAS Jane McUnally has filed her petition in the
District CoukI or Milam county State or Texas
against William Mcdnally for a Divorce alledging among
other things cruel treatment and desertion not only of
herself but of their infant child praying to be dissolved
from their marriage contract and also that she may have
the charge and keeping of their child an .Iffidavit having
been made according to Law : that he Is a non-resident of
this State.
These are therefore to command yon that you summons
WUilam Mclnally by publication In the State Cazette a
news paper published to the city of4ustIn County of Trav
is and State or Texas ror four successive weeks to be and
appear before the Honorable District Court to be holden In
and for the County of Milam at the Court house thereof
in the town of Cameron on the fifth Monday after the first
Monday in Jpril. insL to answer the Petition of Jane Mc-
Anally now on file in our said Court. Herein fall not and
have yon then and there this citation with your endorse-
ment made thereon certifying howyou have executed the
same.
. -'--. . Witness James Jeffries Clerk of the Diitrict
' L. S. Court or Milam County Texas and the seal of
( y- ' said Court hereon impressed at office in the town
of Cameron This the 17th day nf 4pril A. D. 1S56.
JCMES JEFFRIES; Crk.D. C.M.C.
I do certify that the within and foregoing citation is a
true copy or the original citation now in mv hands ror
servic s. This thel9thdayor April A. D. 1S56.
J.C.R0GERShir.3f.&
ap26 nSC
Atlminifctrator's Notice.
WnERElSat the April TermlSSa of the Probate'Court
of Travis County John W. Nance Administrator of
the Estate or Giles Nance deceased filed his account ror a
final settlement of said estate which will be acted npon at
the May Term 1S56 or said court. All persons Interested
are hereby required to appearand contest the same ir they
see proper.
JjJ In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand
! I .. 9. !- and affix the seal of my Oflice at Office in Austin
( Zi-1 V this 1st day of MayA.D.lS58.
A. B. McGILL Clerk O. a T. C.
By James ir. DAVIS Dept.CIk.
1YEW A1VD CHEAP GOODS!
L. FELLMAK has just received andJ
tlemen for th Snrinr and Sumner seasons. His assort'
taent embraces besides an unusually large variety ot
READ Y-JTADS OLOTBIXG of U styles and
at ill TrWi .1 rich rnllz-rllnn of FAXCt GOODS which
he thinks cannot fail to please the taste of the most fas-
iiuious....fach as plain and rarcy &uks saiuus juujuu;
Bareges Embroideries Laces Edfings Gloves Parasols
Ilosiery embroidered Handkerchiefs Eibbons Under-
aleeves Chtmlsettes 4c c Broadcloths Casslneres
vesting TJndersraraents dress and frock Coats. Coatees
Sacks Vests Pants ; Panama Leghorn silk and fur Hats
--fuiove anu every other article usually aepi iu iui
ft Also theaost elerant and varied assortment of
Uidles' and Gentlemen'
rr0JT$ BOOTSES. GAITESS ASH SBOES
"troEtreaiatht market. Also a splendid stock or
in 5 'SSL'S; ? k!es senwall? la
JhaU oW narkably low Jbrcoei. Pur-
Joto aiS not wi to eaa at my store next door to
thereTStw Pcxa S". tore purtiaslng else-
jKi&'SEfUlBr " Bpon dtaas bxrstint'
X atheVkratWtEjua
Tri. u.-.w.
cryhodr e!st ' . 3s
Us laa determined to close try teetnesgi a ttiand
tomato another eharsejfor goods aner4tteWt?eaext
oonth.'and LtwjH cost respectfully callon thc-miS5d
to me to coae asd dose their accounts or tlst I via feel
myself compelled to hand them to an officer for conectlss.
Awta Feb S3 1553-BST-tf F. BIEIEBICH.
SB j opened a splendid stock of Staple and JMM
f MS alter Alrj- Goods admirablyf (IM
adantcd to the use of Ladles and Gen-UJi-j
DESCRIPTION OF CENTRAL AMERICA
BY A TEXAN.
We bare received the following interesting
Communication from one of our subscribers lately
returned from Central America :
Gentlemen: Since my return from Central
America I have been frequently interrogated
both orally and by letter in regard to its climate
soil topographical features and political condition.
For the information of some and to gratify the
curiosity of others I beg leave to publish through
your paper a few of the leading facts I gathered
during my late visit to that country.
It would be assuming too much at this late day
to attempt to inform the public mind as to its gen-
eral history and geographical position; for it is
well known that this country hitherto has occu-
pied a back-ground position even beyond the lim-
its of Mr. Marcy's geographical acquisition. Yet
the recent deeds of the chivalric Walker have so
tinged it with the coloring of romance that the.
public mind is rapidly turning in that direction
and a deep solicitude is being felt for the success
of Gen. Walker to Americanize this country.
The climate is mild and of almost a uniform
temperature in tbo samo locality. It is frco alike
from the rigor of Winter and the oppressive heat
of Summer. Throughout the entire Isthmus (ex-
cept upon the mountain peak) perennial Spring
presides; thermometer ranging mainly from 55
deg. to 85 deg. throughout the entire year aver-
aging about 70 deg. There is however some va-
riation dependent upon topographical conforma-
tion proximity of the mountains to cortain local-
ities modjfied still farther by tho sweeping of the
trade winds from the Caribbean sea across the
Isthmus which are interrupted at some points by
high mountains and other points passing on to the
Pacific as along the San Juan river and Lake
Nicaragua and also the great Comajagua valley
of Honduras. These remarks apply to tho At-
lantic and Pacific coasts and valleys. TheplateauB
and table lands of the interior hare a climate in
many respects similar but yet peculiar to itself.
It is modified more by the falling of showers ol
rain every month in tho year and is not subject to
extreme wet or drought as is the case on either
coast. Along tho Atlantic slope from Cape G ra-
tio j Dios to New Granada a distance of some four
or five hundred miles a largo section of country
remains as yet unexplored. Little is known of it
more than this that it is a dense forest inhabited
by scattered tribes of squalid Indians and nume-
rous wild beasts. From information derived prin-
cipally from the natives I learned tbat this whole
Caribbean coast is low and insalubrious; tho land
fof an alluvial formation and from tho few though
impenecE plantations mac i saw myscn on mis
coast. I incline to the opinion that its fertility is
superior to tho Delta of the Nile. It surpasset
greatly our Mississippi lands in the growth o
Sugar Cane which is replanted only at intcrvalh
of J2 or 15 years when it has seeded. Coffee and
Cotton grow luxuriuntly and three crops of corn
may be gathered in one year. I saw in February
last upon tho Plaza (which is a substitute for a
market) in Granada oasting-ears Melons. Pine-
apples Oranucs Bananas Plantains and all the
nameless tropical fruits in as great an abundance
as thouch it were July.
This floral Isthmus is but imperfectly improved
in the way of Agriculture. The Pacific coast is
farther advauced and more improved yet even in
Costa Rica and on the Pacific side on the Kio
Frio river white man has never penetrated. A
small exploring party went up that river a few
j ears ago but like the adventurous Sir John
Frankjin have never yet returned. So far as an
exploring company (some of whom I had the
pleasure to see of whom I made especial inqui-
ries) have ventured upon the Mosquito coast and
that of Honduras they report favorably of the
fertility of the soil (he evidences of gold and par-
ticularly of tho very valuable timber of rare qual-
ity and in great abundance viz: Mahogony Koso
Wood Lignum Vitse Ebo Santa Maria" &c.
The trees and vegetables abound in medicinal
properties.
Tho Vanilla Bean Cocoa Sarsaparilla and Tor-toise-Bbell
are gathered by the natives ns leading
articles of commercial exchange. This country
as yon ascend the rivers from the coast to tin-
mountains and reaching to the table lands is not so
densely timbered.but more open beautiful healthy
and more attractive to the emigrant. Gold is found
in a sufficient quantity to justify the belief that it
subsists in great abundance. In tho nbseuco of
art and science the native Indians gather large
quantities annually from the simple mode of pan
washings in the sands of the little streams. In-
deed irrespective of the oft-exaggerated reports
of incidental travels the existence of gold and sil
ver must be apparent to every intelligent reader.
Since the mountains of the wholo Isthmus are but
so many links in that great granitic chain that
belts and braces the entire Western Hemisphere
from Oregon to Terra Del Fuego supplying the
exhaustle88 mines of California Peru and Bolivia.
A comDanvofsome 500 men (notwithstanding the
langer) might safely emigrate to C.America main-
tain friendly political relations with Gen. Walker
successfully explore that wilderness country and
bring to light tho hidden treasures of Honduras
about which Mr. Squires so confidently writes.
A company of that number could safely make a
bold stand against an attack of the natives who
aro ever jealous of their gold. They could work
the mines that they might discover cut Mahogony
or cultivate tho fertile soil with a degreo of cer-
tainty that they could remain to gather its rich
yield. A few words more touching at Nicaragua
and the present seat of war and I am done.
This together with the four States of tho late
confederacy is partially settled with a compari-
tively more intelligent mixed population. Many
fine settlements good buildings large farms of
tropical fruits and blooming Coffee aro here and
there to bo found bearing evidence of Castillian
aristocracy and Spanish domination in days gone
by. Indeed this coast west of the mountains of-
fers more inducements to tho emigrant for a really
happy home than the Atlantic side from tho fact
tbat it is easier and already better improved more
open elevated pleasant healthy and equally fer-
tile. 'Tis here where war now exists; 'tishereat
Rivas where Gen. Walker was first defeated by
the Nicaraguans; 'tie hero where he gained hiB
last signal victory against the Costa Bicans under
command of Gen. Mora; killing 600 with Amer-
ican loss of 30. He nobly retrieved the loss ol
American prisoners under the dastard cowardh
Schlessinger. 'Tis here (whore ere long Gen
W. shall have solved the problem of its disputed
nationality) where young America shall have the
prerogative to rush the car of her internal princi-
ples over the entire Isthmus leaving in its tracks
the foot-prints of Americans large plantations
State-houses and Colleges with domes pointing
towards the skies together with all the concomi-
tants of American greatness.
R. J. SWEARINGEN.
Good Pluck. As an evidence of the earnest-
ness and zeal with which the Democracy of New
Hampshire entered into the lato canvass a cor-
espondent of the Boston Times writing from
Dover N. H. relates as follows :
We cannot omit to mention a circumstance in
WardS which goes to chow what good blood
runs in the veins of some of our yeomanry. A
young gent by the name of Durgin of Panning-
ton was denied the right to vote. It was con-
tended by the boy that he was twenty-one bul
a letter from an up country pill doctor was put
in alleging that he was not of age and his name
was stricken molcns zolens off the list. This was
rather "steep." The thermoneter was at zero
1 th rnnriain tha conntiv almost imnaesable.
but what matter when the rights for which our
forefathers fought kneo deep were infringed on.
He chartered a fleet horse and bore away for
his native home 18 miles distant where was the
old family" bible wnicn wouia ten tna cue. un
his arrival affidavits were made out and signed
brthe good old grandmother who had taught
him genuine New Hampshire Democracy on her
knee and at 5 1-2 o'clock the polls having been
closed an hour and a half ho presented himself
once more.ana demanded with the voice of a lion
the right to -vote. The document were exaxnin
ed closely and found correct and into the box
went as plump a Democratic vote from the "ea-
cle bird" to the bottom as eTer was printed. Of
such stuiTare the New Hampshire boys made.
A CEMEST which gradually becomes as hard
as stone maybe made bymiximr twenty parts by
weight of clean sharp saad two4 ofhtharge and
one o whiting andmasing.Uieniintothin potty
with'linseea oil. Fr seamsin'Mifs"it majb
formed of white or red lead thinned -with lin-
seed o0 and dry sand added.
TEXAS SATURDAY
Communicated.
Mr. Gazette: I have noticed in the late
numbers of the State limes several articles
written by an anonymous scribbler who scribbles
under a variety of signatures. Being a school
boy and unacquainted with that portion of our
community from whose companionship all good
mothers and teachers are careful to guard their
ebildren and pupils and consequently being una-
ble to determine who the scribbler'was I was
bold enough the other day to ask my teacher.
He answered" They say it's the toad." " The
toad" exclaimed I. " I didn't know that toads
could write !" He renlied "It is not a toad of
the genus rana but a small thick bodied obsequi-
ous disgusting yet perfectly harmless animal of
the genus homo tihote physique resembles
that of the paddoc. arm w ho nlavs toadu to a cer
tain big bug in town." This learned description
didn't edify me much. If it's a strange animal
1 want to see it. We school children have had it
great argument about it. Some say it has feath-
ers like a goose. Others say it has a long tail
and is nasty like a monkeyl Will you bo kind
euougn to mane ono ot your devils catch it and
send it to us. Wo want it for a specimen. We
have a juvenile cabinet of curiosities. We want
to Dottle it up aud put it in it. We have boucht
a half ounce vial of alcohol to preserve it in.
j.i iirar uu wi L.uuiiua u ten mm to Kia n Deiorc
he sends it to the school house; for if it should
come nlive and croak 'twould scare the little
girls to death and cause me to catch a flogging.
Your? &c School Boy.
Communicated.
Messrs. Editors: Tho Galveston Neics
often puts forth feelers in favor of tho Federal
Judge of Texas.
In the semi-weekly of tho Cth inst. is an ar-
ticle advising the division of the State into two
districts because tho editor thinks tho labors have
becomo too much for any ono judge.
Judge Watrons sometimes holds court in this
city aud that fact allows citizens to judge of tho
very heavy labors performed by him.
In tho first place tho Jury are summond to
meet at Austin on an average of 7 to 10 days be-
fore it suits tho convenience of the Judge to ar
rive aud attend to his duties. At the last session
tho expenses (which of course Uncle Sam pays)
must have reached nearly if not quite 1000.
The writer of this communication thinks he is
strictly within the facts when ho states that n
session of three hours uer dav compose the ar
duous duties of the Judge both in Austin and
Galtcsion.
The Judicial District is divided into four "ses-
sions. The State Districts into three and our
Judges have to write elaborate opinions on all
jccisions lnaao by theni.
The facts of tho case prove thatour Judges are
much hardor worked and worse paid.
By the way what authority gives the marshal
the power to summon a jury for the Court to be
held at Brownsville from the citizens of Galves-
ton and why is it that the United States aro put
to the heavy expense which the summouing of
the jury for Brownsville Court from amung the
citizens of Galveston necessarily entails? C.
Communicated.
Hon. Judge Ocliiltrcc.
Extract from a letter of a correspondent :
" It is with unmingled feelings of pleasure that
a constant reader of youi sterling paper has
perused the able and well defined speech of
Judge Ochiltree ono of the representatives
ol Xvacogdocues. His course will meet with the
approval of all old line Whigs iu Texas and very
many Know-Nothings. He regards tho issues f
that party as far inferior to the great issue be-
tween the Democratic party and Black Republi-
canism and for tho present he expresses his de-
termination to join tho Democratic party. It is
certainly a good test of tho soundness 'of the na-
tional Democracy on this Southern question to
tind such influential leaders of the Whig party
throwing down their party feelings to join the De-
mocracy in the present great crisis. Judge Och-
iltree is ono of the oldest champions of Whiggery
in Texas and has made the best run for his party
in the State that has ever taken place."
Beinocracy of Fayette.
Pursuant to a public notice tho Democracy of
Fayette county met in Convention at La Grange
un Saturday tho 3d May 183G. On motion Dr
M. B. Posey was called to the Chair and J. A.
Fitz appointed Secretary.
The Chairman explained tho object of the
meeting in a brief and pcitineut manner and on
motion tho following gentlemen were appointed
by the Chairman Capt. W. J. Russell Dr. A. P.
Manly and Col. j. 11. Bums to draft resolutions
lor the meeting: whereupon it was moved that
one from each precinct in the county and our rep-
resentatives Hon. James L. Gay and Col. John
W. Daucy be added to the Committee.
The committc retired for a few moments nnd on
return to the Convention inado the following re-
port which was read and unanimously adopted :
1st. Hesolred That the Democracy of Fayette
county in Convention assembled do hereby adopt
iu full the platform adopted by the Democratic
State Convention at Austin in Jauuary 18o6.v
2nd. Resolved That tho Democratic party of
Fayette bo now organized by the appointment of
a President and Vice President Secretary and
Treasurer who shall continue in office for twelve
months and until their successor is appointed:
whereupon the following gentlemen were elected
unanimously by said association as officers. Dr.
M. B. Posoy President; Hon. Jas. L. Gay Vice
President; S. M. McAsham Secretary and D. IL
Stout Treasurer.
3d. Resolved That a committee of one from
each precinct be appointed whose duty it shall be
to call meetings of the party whenever the interest
of the party may require aud to give such infor-
mation as may tend to promote said interest;
whereupon tho Chairman appointed'the following
committee Col. J. W. Dancy George Ta) lor Joel
W. Robison Col. Jno. H. Moore Jno. G. Izzard
M. E. Darby J. C. C. Smith N. B. Yancy Ste-
phen Scallorns.
4th. Resolved That a committee nf ono from
each civil District bo appoiuted for the purpose
nf canvassing their respective Districts and ascer-
tain who will be the most suitable persons to fill
the different offices in said county and report the
same at La Grange on the last Saturday In May
I85C when the Chairman appointed the following
committee Capt D. R. Stout Capt. Wm. J. Rus-
sell Col.R. B. Jarmon Wm. B.Anderson Col. C.
H. Taylor John Click G. M. L. Sorrelle C. J.
Lano A. McDow Stephen Scallorns.
5th. Resolved That the State Gazette be re-
quested to publish the proceedings of this meeti-
ng and tbat the Secretary be requested to notify
the different committees of their appoiutment.
After the reading and adoption of the above res-
olution? Col. W. R. Jarmon Col. J. W. Dancy
aud Col. J. R. Burns addressed the meeting in
eloquent speeches in defence of Democratic prin-
ciples and measures.
On motion the meeting adjourned to meet again
on the last Saturday iu May 185G.
M. B. POSEY Chr'mn.
J. A. Frrz Sec'y.
Preservation or Wheat from Weevil.
Numerous remedies have been proposed to pro-
tect wheat from the ravages of weevil but the
most of them havo been impractical of too
expensive. 2L Caifat in France recommends
the use of tar as a certain and economical
agent for their destruction. He says:
"The efficacy of tar in driving away the
weevil and preserving the grain 13 an incon-
testable fact. My father had. a long time ago hi
granaries barns and the whole house infested
witn these insects ; so mucn so that they pene
trated into all the chests among the linen He
placed an open cask impregnated with tar in the
barn and then in the granaries; at the end of
some hours the weevils were seen climbing along
the wall by myriads and flying in all directions
from the cask. On movingthe tarred vessel from
place to place thepremisea were in a few days
cleared of the troublesome and pernicious guetts.
The agriculturist who wants to get rid of weevils
may as soon as he perceives their presence im-
pregnate the surface of some old planks with
tar and then place them as is required In his
granaries. Care must be taken to renew the tar
from timo to time in the course of the year to
prevent the return of the iniects."
. To remove rust from steel Cover the
steel with sweet oil" well rubbed on. In "forty-
eight hours rub with finely-pulverized nnslacied
lime until tho rait disappears.
a- ..-..ia J-fe..tAjasgidaft'efifeafc1iajiftgt;1i
MAY 17 1856.
PLATFOEMS.
The Baltimore Democratic Platform.
.-It a regular meeting of the National Convention of
the Democrat it party begun and held at Balti-
more on the 1st June A. D. 1S52 the folloxeing
ims adopted as the Platform and principles of
the party throughout the Union.
Resolved That the American Democracy place
their trust in the intelligence the patriotism and
the discriminating justice of the American peo-
ple. Resolved That we regard this as a distinctive
feature of our political creed which we are proud
to maintain betore the world as the great mural
element in a form of government springing from
and upheld by the popular will ; and we contrast
it with the creed and practice of federalism under
whatever name or form which seeks to palsy the
will of the constituent and which conceives no
imposture too monstrous for the popular credul-
ity. r.esolved therefore. That entertaining these
views the Democratic party of this Union thro'
their delegates assembled in a general convention
coming togethernn a spirit of concord of devo-
tion to the doctrines and fnith of a free represen-
tative government and appealing to their fellow-
citizens for the rectitude oftheirintentions renew
aud reassert before tho American people the de-
clarations of principles avowed by them when
on former occasions ia general convention they
havo presented their candidates for the popular
suffrages :
1. That the federal government is one of lim-
ited powers derived solely from the constitution
aud the grants of power made therein ought to be
strictly coiistrued by all thedepnrtmentg aud agents
of the government and that it is inexpedient and
dangerous to exercise doubtful constitutional
powers.
S. That tho constitution does not confer upon
the general government tho power to couimenco
and carry on a general systeiuofinternal improve
ments.
3. That the constitution does uot confer author-
ity upon the federal government directly or indi-
rectly to assume tho debts of the several States
contracted for local and internal improvements or
other State purposes ; nor would such assump-
tion be just or expedient.
4. That justice and sound policy forbid tho fed-
eral government to foster one branch of industry
to the detriment of any other or to cherish the
interests of ono portion to tho injur of another
portion.of our common country : that every citi-
zen and every section of the country has a right
to demand and insist upon an equality of rights
and privileges and to complete aud ample protec-
tion of persons and property from domestic vio-
lence or foreign aggression.
5. That it is the duty of every branch of the
government to enfurce and practice the mostrigid
economy in conducting our public affairs and that
no more revenue ought to be raised than is re-
quired to defray the necessary expenses of the
government had for the gradual but certain ex-
tinction of the public debt.
6. That Congress has no power to chartera na
tional bank ; that wo believe such an institution
one of deadly hostility to the bestinterests of the
country dangerous to our republican institutions
aud the liberties of the people aud calculated to
place the business of the country within the con-
trol of a concentrated mouoy power and nbove
the laws and the will of the people ; and that the
results of democratic legislation in this and all
other financial measures upon which issues have
been made between tho two political parties of
the country have demonstrated to canum aud
practical men of all parties their soundness
safety and utility in all business pursuits.
7. That the separation of the monies of the
government from banking iustitutiuns is indispen-
sablo for the safety of the funds of the govern-
ment and the rights of the people.
8. That the liberal principles embodied by Jef-
ferson in the Declaration of Independence nnd
sanctioned in the constitti ion which makes ours
the land of liberty aud the asylum of the oppress-
ed of ovcry nation have ever been cardinal prin-
ciples in the democratic faith and every attempt
to abridge the privileges of becoming citizens and
the owners of soil among us ought to-be resisted
with the samo Bpirit which swept tho alien and
sedition laws from our statue books.
9. That Congress has no power under tho con-
stitution to interfere with or control the domestic
institutions of the several States and that such
States are the sole and proper judges pf every-
thing appertaining to their own affairs; not pro-
hibited by the constitution ; that all efforts of the
abolitionists or others made to induce Congress to
interfere with questions of slavery or to take
incipient steps in relation thereto arc calculated
to lead to the most alarming and dangerous con-
sequences ; and that all such efforts have an inev-
itable tendency to diminish tho happiness of the
people and endanger the stability aud permanen-
cy of the Uuion and ought not to be countenanc-
ed by any frrend ot our political institutions.
Resolved That the foregoing proposition cov-
ers aud was intended to embrace the whole sub-
ject of slavery agitation in Congress; and there-
fore tho Democratic party of the Union stand-
ing on this National platform will abide by and
adhere to a faithful execution of tlio acts known
as the compromise measures settled by tbe last
Congress the "act for reclaiming fugitives from
service or labor" included; which act being de-
siened to carry out an express provision of the
constitution cannot with fidelity thereto be re
pealed or so changed as to destroy or impair its
efficiency.
Resolved That tho Democratic party will re
sist all attempts at renewing iu Congress or out
of it the agitation of the slavery question un
der whatever shape or color the attempt may bo
made.
Resolved That the proceeds of the public lands
ought to bo sacredly applied to the national ob-
jects specified in the constitution ; and that we
are opposed to any law for tho distribution of
such proceeds among the Mates as alike in-
expedient in policy aud repugnant to the consti-
tution. Resolved That we arc decidedly opposed to
taking from the President the qualified veto pow-
er by which be is enabled under restrictions and
responsibilities amply sufficient to guard the pub-
lic interest to suspend the passage of a bill whose
merits cannot secure the approval of two-thirds
of the Senate and House of Representatives
until the judgment of the people can be obtained
thereon and which has saved tbo American peo
ple from tho corrupt and tyranical domination of
tuoisanHol the united stares anu irpm a cor-
rupting system of general internal improvements.
Resolved That the Democratic party will faith-
fully abide by and uphold tho principles laid down
in the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1793
and in the report of Mr. Madison to tbe Virginia
legislature in 1799; that it adopts those princi-
ples as constituting one of the main foundations
of its political creed and is resolved to carry them
out in their obvious meaning and import.
Resolved That the war with Mexico upon all
the principles of patriotism and the laws of na-
tions was a just and necessary war on our part
in which every American citizen should have
shown himself on tho side of his country and
neither morally nor physically by word or deed
have civen "aid and comfort to the enemy."
Resolved That we rejoice at the restoration of
friendly relations witn our sister republic of Mex-
ico and earnestly desire for her all the blessings
and prosperity which we enjoy under republican
institutions ; and we congratulate the American
people upon the results of that war which have
so manifestly justified tbo policy and conduct of
the democratic party and insured to the United
States "indemnity for past and security for the
future."
Resolved That in view of the condition of pop-
ular institutions in the Old Word a high and
sacred duty is devolved with increased responsi-
bility upon the Democratic party of this country
as the patty of the people to uphold and maintain
the right of every State and thereby the Union
of the States and to sustain and advance among
us constitutional liberty by continuing to resist
nil monopolies and exclusive legislation for tbe
benefit of the few at tbe expense of the many
and by a vigilant and consistan adherence to those
principles and compromises of the constitution
which are broad enough and strong enough to em-
brace and uphold tbe Union as it was the Uniiin
'aa it is and tbe Union as it shall be in the fall
expansion of the energies and capacity of this
great and progressive people.
laranwwwr jvaXitek3&vj "
NO. 39.
TZie vltfladclpniaKnovrAoUmiff Viut-
fornij Adopted Jnne 14tli 183.
At a regular meeting of the National Council of
tlit American Party.begun and held at PhilaM-
pnia on the 5A June A. D. 1S55 the Mb
vas adopted as the Platform and principles of the
organization.
t m 1 n.Ulmnnnt nf Hint AlffiishtlV Be"
ing' who rules over the Universe-who preside
over the Councils of Nations who conducts th.
affairs or men and wuo in ecr. . -.. -y
we have advanced to the character of an inde-
pendent nation has tat.ngui.hcd us by some
token of Providential agency.
II The cultivation and development of a sen-
timent of profoundly intense American feeling;
of passionate attachment to our country its ii-
torvand its institutions; of admiration lor tue
pur'er days of our National existence; of venera-
tion for the heroism that precipitated our devo-
lution ; and or cmulatiou of the virtues wisdom
and patriotism that framed our Constitution and
first successfully applied its provisions.
III. Tho maintenance of the union of these
United States as the paramount political good ;
or to use tho langnago of Washington "the
primary object of patriotic desire." And hence :
1st Opposition to all attempts to weaken or
subvert it.
2d. UncornpromUiug antagonism to every prin-
ciple of policy that endangers it.
3d. The advocacy of nn equitable adjustment
of all political differences which threaten its in-
tegrity or perpetuitv.
4th. The suppression of all tendencies to po-
litical division founded on "geographical discrim-
ination or on the belief that there is a real differ-
ence of interests and views" between the various
sections of tbo Union.
5th. The full recognition of the rights of the
several States as expressed and reserved in the
Constitution; and a careful avoidance by the
General Government of all interference with
their rights by legislative or executive actum.
IV. Obedience to the Constitution of these
tt.UaTi StntRR. 99 tlin siinremo law of tho land
sacredly obligatory upon iall its parts and mem
bers; and steadiast resistance 10 iuu nm
innovation upon its principles however Rpeeious
! .0lr.rti A vnuiiiiT hnr.n nil ilonbtful or dls-
putedpointaitmay only bo legally ascertained
and expounded ny mo jiunuiai punci m .no
United States.
And as a corollary to tho above :
1 A linl.Jf nf TPvprpntial nlipiiipni-o to the laws
.-lntIio-X'.f;rvnnl Kfof p. or Munirinnl. imtil thev
are either repealed or declared unconstitutional
by the proper authority.
2. A tender sacred regard for those acts of
statesmanship which are to be contra-distinguish-d
from acts of ordinary legislation by tho fact
of their being of the nature of compacts and
agreements; and so to be considered a fixed aud
settled national policy.
Vi railTpnl rpcialnii nnd mndifiMtinn of the
laws regulating immigration and tho settlement
..1 l Mf-iunl. l Hn .at .. .. t. ilinknnaaf Tmmini'.nt
who from love of liberty orhatred of oppression
seeks an asylum in the United States a friendly
reception and protection. But unquallifiedly
condemning tne transmission to our snores 01 iei-
ons and paupers.
VL The essential modification of the Natu-
ralization Laws. -
The repeal by the Legislatures of the re-
spective States o'f all State Laws allowing foreign-
tra nit nnf iir.ilipil tn vnfp.
The repeal without retroactive operation of
an acts 01 uurcio iuuhiu lauuui iuuu iu un-
naturalized foreigners and allowing them to vote
in the Territories.
VH. Hostility to corrupt means by which the
leaders of party have hitherto forced upon us our
rulers and our "political creed.
TiT.n1ftjalilfi pntrtifi- nrrninaf flip irprnlnnf ilptnor-
aliziug system of rewards for political subser
viency aim Ul pumoiiuil'uia iui puiuiuui luui--
pendence.
Disgust for tho wild hunt after office which
characterizes the age.
These on the one hand. On the other :
Imitation of tbe practice of the purer days of
the Republic ; and admiration of the maxim that
"office should seek the man and uot man tbo of-
fice" and of the rule that the just mode of as-
certaining fitness for office is the capability Un-
faithfulness and the honesty of the incumbent or
candidate.
VIII. Resistance to the aggressive policy and
corrupting tendencies of tho Roman Catholii
Church iu our country by the advancement to all
political stations executive legislative judicial
or diplomatic of those only who do not holu
civil allegiance directly or indirectly to am
foreign power whether civil or ecclesiastical am
and who are Americans by birth education and
training: thus fulfilling the maxim "AMEKirwss
ONLY SHALL OOVEItS AMEBIC ."
The protection of all citizens iu the lecal ami
proper exercise of theircivil and rcligiims right-
and privileges; the maintenance of the ribt i
every man to the full unrestrained and peaceful
enjoyment of his own religious opinions and wor-
ship and a jealous resistance of all attempts lij
any sect denomination or church to obtain an ao-
cendancy over any other in tlu State by am
special privileges or exemption by any political
combination of its members or oy a divnion ol
their civil allegiance with any foreign power
protentate or ecclesiastic.
IX. The reformation of the character of our
National Legislature by elevating to that digni-
fied and responsible position men of higher qual-
ifications purer morals and more unselfish patri-
otism. X. The restriction of executive patronaire.
especially in the matterof appointments to offio-
so far as it may be permitted by the Constitu-
tion and consistent with the public good
XL Tbe education of tbe youth of our conn
try in schools provided by "the State; which
schools shall be common to all without distinction
of creed or party and free from any influence or
direction of a denominational or partizan char-
acter. And inasmuch as Christianity by the Constitu-
tions of nearly all tho States; by tho decisions of
tho moat eminent judicial authorities: and by the
consent of tho people of America is considered
au element of our political system ; and a3 the
Holy Bible is at once the source of Christianirr-
and the depository and fountain of all civil and
religious freedom we oppose every attempt to ex
elude it from the schools thus established in the
States. t t  .
XII. Tho American party having arisen upon
the ruins and in spite of the opposition of the
Whig and Democratic parties cannot be held in
any manner responsible for the obnoxious acts
or violated pledges of either. And the fijstpm-
actic agitation of the Slavery question by those
parties having elevated sectional hostility into a
positive element of political power and brought
our institutions into peril it has therefor- become
flip imnamltrp flntv nf tlip Amprienn n.irt tit in.
terpose forthe purpose of giving peace to tbe
country anu perpetuity u me 1 mou. .iwm as
experience has shown it impossible to reconcile
nmnmna HA PTtrpmP ari thflRP. U'fllcfl RPrt.iratp tflp
disputants and as there can be no dishonorin Mib-
mittingto tne laws tne .National -jounca nan
deemed it the best guarantee of common justice
and of the peace to abide by and maintain the ex-
istinz laws upon the subject of Slavery as a final
and conclusive settlement of that subject in spir-
it and in substance.
And regarding it the highest duty to avow their
opinions upona gnbject M hnportant in distinct
and unequivocal terms it is hereby declared as
tbe sense of this National Council that Congress
fiossesses no power under tbe Constitution to
egidate upon the subject of Slavery in the States
where it doe3 or may exist or to esriuae anv
State from admission into tbe Union because its
Constitution doea or does not recognize the insti-
tution of Slavery as a part of its soeial system:
and expressly p'retermitting any expression of
opinion upon the power of Congress to establish
or prohibit Slavery inanyTerritory.itis the sense
of tbe National Council that Congress ought not
to legislate upon the subject of Slavery within
the Territory of the United States and that any
interference by Congress with elayery as it nut
in the District of Columbia would be a violation
nf the -mint and intention of the compact "y
which SeState of Maryland cedeJ the District
to the United States and a breach of the ation-
XHLTheP0H"cJ of the Government of the
United States in its relations with foreign govern-
ments is to exact justice from the strongest and
do justice to tie weakest; restraining by all the
power of the government all its citizsn. from
A14VEH.TIS1NC BATES.
Advertbtneati -rinbe inserted atOne Dollar per tjgar.
tisa and art eeatj fcr eaca eaaUa-taace. On baU
thefcrfM1ilraa to taois -aho adnrtUs Bf
the year -rith the privik-fe of eaan jtoi qtiarterlT.
Baiise Cards of set mere than oas Kraaxt flUM"
Aanotmcern-ntj of Candidates far Ofice adJjOjErf
i-.i-i. -... .lUl.rkiml al AdVCtUlcaUlt.
All AdvertlMtoenls tha puVlicatisa of which U refjairthl
nruv Einsi oe paiu v " ...
CITATION KOTICE3. The traty-aececd section loflij
Iatc rerUaUas he of office. prevMMjhat ta D Jans
her ehatlosi or other procesa. is rwdrtd toba served
it zSybTte sake wca nrthaT
thelrfctr'feft)reehl"Ha. bn
repaired to have meh service made.
ruomVE SLAYES.-The 8rt aectfen of the act cf ' Feb-
reary 5. 1H1 rej-ataUtH he"leriIISfri
pravHS aba that where anysUve is comalited to JaQ
as armW a a?pr-Ca!. SLn
Pswwt! vceVly In ooe ot tne pap" -j - T" -...
eraaent for the space of oa raenth and pnnteU cot tes
the coaatv -w- ti.unal tmeatsfcaU nan been raiae.
-".TfSSf-i----"!.--1... JPtSX ml
-.rampssiueea.vniBe csbv".w -
eharsed aceordtaxlj.
Sab.arAdvertITandAjentJCiayrei3H money at
oar riik asd expeote. AU cemswnlcatlons most
vwrwa 10 iDc tauten.
intertaretke with the internal concern of nation!
with whom we are at peace.
XIV. This National Coancil declares that all
the principles of the Order shall be henceforward
everywhere openly avowed ; ami that each mem-
ber ahall be at liberty to nwkc known tho exist-
ence of the Order ad tho act that he himfelf h
a member ; atwl it recommends that there be no
concealment of the places tf meeting of subor-
dinate councils. E. B. BARTLETT
ef Kentucky Precedent of National Council-
C. D. DESiiLEit of New Jersey Correapond-
io Secretary.
James M. Stepiies of Maryland Recording
Secretnrv.
FJiHndelirtiin. Know Nothing: Platform
Adopted Feb. 21 1830.
1. An humble acknowledgment to the Supreme
Being w1h rules the universe for His protecUnc
care vouchbafed to our fathersin their successful
revolutionary struegle.and hitherto manifeited to
us their descendants in the preservation of the
libertiiw the independence nnd tho union of the
States.
2. The perpetuation of tho Federal Union as
the palladium of our civil and religious liberties
and the only sure bulwark of 'American in-
dependence." m
o. Americans must rule America ; and to this end
imf ire born citizens should be seleetedfor all State
federal ami municipal offices or gorernment em-
ployment in preference to uaturalized citizens
nevertheless.
4. Persons born of American parents residmg
temporarily abroad should be entitled to all tho
rights of native born citizens; but
5. No persjn should bo selected forpoltical
station (whether of nativo or foreign birth) who
rccognizos any auegiance or noiigauuu m suj
description to any foreign prince potentate or
power or who refuses to recognize tho federal
and State constitutions (each within it aphero)
as paramount to all other laws as rules ot
political action.
0. The unqualified recognition and main-
tenance of the reserved rights of the several States
and tho cultivation of harmony and fraternal good
will between the citizens nf the several States and
to this end non-interforenco by congress with
quostions appertaining solely to the individual
Statea and non-intervention by each State with
the affairs of another State.
7. The recognition of tho right of tho native-
born and naturalised citizens of the United States
permanently residing in any territory thcrof. to
frame their constitutions and laws and to regulato
theirdomesticanl social affairs in their own moJo
subject only to the provisions of the Federal Con-
stitution with the right of admission into the Un-
ion whenever they have the requisite population
for one Representative in Congress provided al-
ways that none hut those who are citizens of the
ti nitcd States under tne constitutions unu uw
thereof and who have a fixed residence in any
such Tcrritorj ought to participate in the forma-
tion of the constitution or in the enactment of
laws for said Territory or State.
8. All enforcement of the principle that no
State or Territory can admit others than native
born citizens to the right of suffiage or of hold-
ing political office unless such persons shall have
been naturalized according to tbe laws of tbe
United States.
9. A change in the laws of naturalization
making a continued residence of tw enty-one years
of all not heretofore provided for an indispensa-
ble requisite for citizenship hereafter and ex-
cluding all paupers and persons convicted of
crime from landing upon our shores; but no
interference with the vested rights of foreigners
10. Opposition t any union betwepn Church
and State ; no interference with religious faith
or worship and no test oaths for office except
those indicated in the 5th section of this plat-
form. 11. Free and thorough investigation into any
and all alleged abuses of public functionaries
and a strict economy in public expenditures.
12. The maintenance and enforcement of all
laws until -aii I Inws shall be repealed or shall bo
declared null and void by competent judicial au-
thority. 13. Opposition to the reckless and unwise pol-
icy of the present administration in the general
management of ournatioual afiairs and more es-
pecially as shown in removing "Americans" (by
designation) and conservatives in principle from
office aud placing foreigners andultraihts in their
places ; as slioivn iu a truckling subserviency to
the stronger aud au indolent and cowardly brava-
do towards the weaker powers ; as shown in re-
opening sectional agitation by the repeal of tho
Missouri Compromise : as shown in granting to
unnaturalized loreigtiers the right to suffrage in
ICaiiBas and Nebranka ; as shown in its vacilitat
u:g course on the Kaunas and Nebraska question .
its shown in the removal of Judge lirousun from
the Collcctorship of New York upon false and
untenable grounds ; as shown in tbo corruptions
which pervade some of tho departments ol the
iivenimeiit ; as shown in disgracing meritorious
uunl olficers through prejudice or caprice ; and
as sh'ivru in tbe blundering mismanagement of our
foreign relations.
1 1. Therefore to remedy existing evils and
prevent the disastrous consequences otherwise
resulting therefrom we would build up tha
'American party'' upon the principles herein bo-
fore stated eschewing all sectionalquestions and
uniting those purely national and admitting into
iid part) all American citizens (referred to in
the third fosirth ami fifth seetions.) who openly
avow tbe principles and opinions heretofore ex-
pressed and wh will subscribe their names to
this platform. Provided nevertheless that a ma-
jority f thf.se member present at any meeting
of a local council where an applicant applies for
membership in the A mericaa party may for any
reason by them deemed sufficient deny admsssion
to such applicant.
15. A free and open discussion of all political
principles embraced in our platform.
IiileJIimicenf :l Deaf IrJute.
A pupil of the Abbe Sieard gave the follow-
ing extraordinary answer:
What is gratitude?"
"Gratitude is the memory of thuheart "
"Whaaishope?"
'"Hope is the blossom of happiness."
" What is the difference between hope and de-
sire ?"
"Desire is a tree in leaf: hope is a tree in flow-
er; and enjoyment is a tree iu fruit."
"What is eternity?"
"A day without jesterday or to-morrow: a
line that has no ends."
"What is tiin7"
" A line that has two ends ; a path which begins
in the cradle and ends in the tomb."
"What is God?"
"The necessary betas the sun of eternity
the mechanic of nature the eye of justice the
watchmaker of the universe the soul of tha
world.'
"Does God reason ?"
"Manreasoas because he doubts; he deliber-
ates; he decides. God is omniscient; he knows all
things: he never doubts' he therefore never
reasons. '
A Know ing Horse. "E.M."ofBelchcrtown
writes to the Amherst :saboutaverJ""el
cent horw; of which he is the ow ner. The follow-
ing incident among others illustrates the matter:
"One dav last week he was driver. few miles
out of town and on his return sometime in tho af-
ternoon was fed with meal awl cut-feed as usual
but for his uppr he had ncthtog but dry bay
which did not verv -veil aijree with his seneo of
right after traveling twenty itules with a load
through snowdrifts IIotteverBekepthisthoughts
to himself till we w ere all out of the way for tho
..:. -... tnnilerinz bi- rope in some way he
tuMsed through the cow tab!.. crossed the barn
floor and the "carriage-rooin to the granary at the
further end of the barn soine forty feet whare he
had often seen us get the meal for him; he there
found two bae3 of meal standing by the bin tied
up tight but the top one being too' heavy for tha
purpose he threw it aside and after etsminiug
the other ba-f. which weighed between fifty and
sixtv pounds he took it 7a bis teeth and earned
it about twentv feet to a clean spot on the barn
floor. Finding it difficult to untie it.he cut a hole
in the side ami shook otitab-mt a peck of meal
and ate what he wi.hed : ami fein-r the cow (the
onlv companion he ha' thee lf-ne winter nights)
looking with a loiHpni eye at hi'. pile of tn-al h
took up the bse asaiu awl earned it about ten
feet further to her manger and there shook out
some more meal for her. They were found in
the morning fewting together."
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